Elisabeth Franke

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Elisabeth Franke (also: Elisabet Franke , Elisabeth Franke-Loofs , married name: Elisabeth Loofs ; born March 27, 1886 in Kiel , † April 10, 1931 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German writer .

Life

Elisabeth Franke was the eldest daughter of the theologian August Hermann Franke . From 1888 she spent her childhood temporarily in Menton and Montreux ; after the death of her father in 1891 she lived in Halle (Saale) . She attended a secondary school for girls and received private lessons . From 1907 to 1908 she completed a Bible course in the Malche women's mission school in Freienwalde (Oder) ; afterwards she worked as a secretary of the mission organization "German Aid Association for Christian Love in the Orient", which is active in Armenia . She last lived in Freiburg im Breisgau .

In addition to her professional activity, Elisabeth Franke wrote missionary stories for young people. Her most successful book was the novel Das große Stille Leuchten , published in 1912, which was reprinted until the 1950s .

Works

  • Lizun , Berlin 1906
  • Jesus' sheep , Berlin 1907
  • Doesn't anyone tell them? Striegau 1907
  • Behind the veil , Frankfurt am Main, 1908
  • In the Wan Mountains , Striegau 1908
  • Your cross , Frankfurt am Main 1911
  • The great silent glow , Frankfurt am Main 1912
  • Adolescent fighter , Frankfurt am Main 1912

Translations

  • AC Cox : Taib and Buraweiga , Freienwalde ad Oder 1907
  • Vartenie : Yester , Striegau 1913

literature

  • Caroline Korf: Davos sanatoriums as reflected in the literature: Tuberculosis at Franke, Klabund and Marti , GRIN Verlag, 2009, ISBN 3640366689

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personal data
SURNAME Franke, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Franke, Elisabeth; Loofs, Elisabeth (married name); Franke-Loofs, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1931
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau